33 Quotes by Elizabeth Blackwell

It is well worth the efforts of a life-time to have attained knowledge which justifies an attack on the root of all evil . . . which asserts that because forms of evil have always existed in society, therefore they must always exist . . .

It is not easy to be a pioneer – but oh, it is fascinating!

If society will not admit of woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled.

The idea of winning a doctor’s degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.

Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is...

I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trave in the fables of their time.